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UPDATED: Telstra Outage Hits Triple Zero, Trains And EFTPOS As 90% Restored – Channelnews
Telstra said the outage was intermittent and had not identified the cause, while shares fell as train networks and payments were also disrupted.
- On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, a nationwide telecommunications outage disrupted Telstra services for millions of customers beginning around 4:30am AEST, affecting New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory.
- Telstra Chief Financial Officer Michael Ackland described the disruption as a "set of intermittent outages" affecting people nationwide, while confirming the company has not identified the root cause and found no indication of malicious activity.
- Major public transport networks, including Victoria's V/Line regional trains, were halted by the outage; EFTPOS provider Tyro confirmed some customers could not process transactions over 4G, affecting payment-dependent businesses.
- As of 10:00am AEST, Telstra claimed 90% of its network had been restored, while CEO Vicki Brady remained overseas and CFO Michael Ackland managed recovery efforts, advising customers to attempt reconnection.
- Consumer advocates are demanding a full explanation of the outage, while One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce called for an investigation into potential links to China's Pacific ballistic missile launch, though no evidence suggests foreign interference.
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UPDATED: Telstra Outage Hits Triple Zero, Trains And EFTPOS As 90% Restored – channelnews
Thousands of Telstra customers across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are struggling to get a signal, with Down Detector showing that the outage kicked in at 4.30am this morning, according to Telstra. As of 10:00am AEST, Telstra was claiming that 90% of its network had been restored, but it still does not know what the cause of the problem was that saw key nodes around the country fail. Some observers are questioning whether it was an a…
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